Crime Log  

City police arrested three people for a fight, after some of the participants took a swing at them.
The fight began in the 400 block of South Queen Street and ended in the 300 block of Beaver Street, where it drew a small crowd of people.
Police have responded to this area several times in the past ...

A Lancaster teenager has been charged with felony theft after he stole his grandmother's car last week and drove to Ohio.
Manor Township police charged 19-year-old Scottie Rhinehart with taking the car Monday and driving to see a sibling out of state.
Later that day, State Police in Beaver County to...

BY BRETT HAMBRIGHT
Staff Writer
A tractor-trailer loaded with hay caught fire early Saturday morning on Route 30 in Paradise Township, closing the highway for five hours.
The flat-bed trailer was carrying 15 tons of dry hay when it ignited about 3:30 a.m. in the 3400 block of Route 30, which is Linc...

A crash early Saturday morning in Millersville left a man critically injured.
Millersville Borough police reported that a vehicle being driven west in the 1900 block of Wabank Road by Christopher Potts, 21, of Millersville, crossed the center line, striking an eastbound vehicle driven by Jesse Keim,...

Two Mount Joy residents were jailed after being charged with a string of recent burglaries.
State police arrested Adalberto Vargas, 46, and Aminta Alvarado, 37, in connection with four residential break-ins and the theft of approximately $18,000 worth of cash and property.
The burglaries, which took...

An armed robber struck a gas station in Ephrata early Saturday.
The incident happened at Sunoco A-Plus, 529 W. Main St., at 1:07 a.m., Ephrata police said.
A masked, heavy-set Hispanic or light-skinned black man, 5 feet 8 to 5 feet 10 inches tall, displayed a handgun and demanded cash from the clerk...

A man wanted by police stabbed himself Saturday evening, police said.
Thomas H. Parker, 54, with a last-known address of Lititz, also had been living in Delaware and New York state, police said. He had been sought for a parole violation since Wednesday.
Parker was considered armed and dangerous, as ...

Two York men have been ordered to stand trial on charges stemming from a home invasion robbery two years ago in Manor Township.
Valbert Reid, 37, and Jason Hull, 31,  were charged with robbery, burglary, unlawful restraint and conspiracy for the incident in November 2007.
Police said the men fo...

WARRANTS
MANHEIM TWP.: Police picked up the following people on Friday for outstanding warrants: Raul Collazo, 23, of East King Street, Lancaster (disorderly conduct), Dennis J. Shellenberger, 33, of East Chestnut Street, Lancaster (traffic), Daisa M. Arroyo, 23, of East King Street, Lancaster (traf...

West Hempfield Township police were dispatched at 12:45 a.m. Friday to the Hess Express store, 1700 block of Columbia Avenue, for a report of counterfeit money.Employees reported that two men in their 20s tried to purchase items with two fake $20 bills. The clerk refused the bills and the men fled t...